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Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than those of most men.
Simone de Beauvoir
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Simone de Beauvoir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 9
Died: 1986
Died: April 14
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Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir
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Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir
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